W3 Prompt..... #162

she had given up hope
long ago
of ever meeting her special person
resigned herself to a life without him
it was not her fate
her requirements were
too difficult
too unusual
too esoteric
yet somewhere hidden
she still kept  a half  eye open
to the  impossible possibility

she liked to read about love
feel it vicariously in music and film
still
she did not see much of it about
in real life
suspected it only existed for
the fortunate few
until she unexpectedly stumbled
across him

she had found her other half
and at this late stage too
bells and whistles
elation
ecstatic
it had been a long time since
she found herself smiling
for no reason
still
even if nothing came of it
she was thrilled to have had that experience
before her not too distant appointment with the ferry man
and his ride across the styx